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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi targeted the central government over the fall of rupee against dollar and increase in the price of industrial fuel. Rahul wrote in the He wrote that the government may call it normal, but the reality is that production and transport will be expensive, MSMEs will be hurt the most, prices of…
Last Updated:March 19, 2026, 6:10 PM IST Gift Nifty signals another weak session for Friday after Thursday’s sell-off. After 3% Crash, Gift Nifty Points To Another Negative Opening For Markets Gift Nifty signals that another weak session could be on the cards for Friday, following the sharp sell-off seen on Thursday. As of 6:02 PM…
Last Updated:March 19, 2026, 02:04 IST Interest rates were kept steady at a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, with officials flagging one expected rate cut by the end of the year amid the ongoing war in Iran. US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. (Reuters) The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, while…
Last Updated:March 09, 2026, 4:32 PM IST FM Nirmala Sitharaman says the current inflation trajectory gives policymakers some cushion against external price shocks. FM Nirmala Sitharaman. (Image: Sansad TV/PTI) The government does not expect a sharp rise in inflation despite the recent surge in global crude oil prices triggered by the escalating conflict in the…
New Delhi27 minutes ago copy link Yesterday’s big news was related to AC. Buying AC before summer has become expensive. Big AC companies like Daikin, Voltas and Blue Star have increased the prices by up to 15%. At the same time, during the war between America, Israel and Iran, India will not face shortage of…
New Delhi40 minutes ago copy link Today i.e. on January 12, retail inflation (CPI) figures for the month of December will be released. According to experts, retail inflation is likely to increase to between 1.6% to 1.7% in December 2025. Earlier in November it was at 0.71%. Whereas in October it was at 0.25%, which…
In this Special Report, India Today Global Editor Pranay Upadhyaya analyses the escalating economic unrest in Iran. The protests, sparked by a failing economy, have spread to rural provinces, with at least seven people reported dead. The demonstrations are described as the most significant since the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests. Upadhyaya highlights that the unrest…
New Delhi: Above-normal monsoon rains and improved sowing conditions are expected to support a benign food inflation trajectory in the second half of the Financial Year (FY) 2026. However, an adverse base is likely to push food inflation higher next year (FY27), according to ICICI Bank’s Global Markets sectoral update on the outlook for wholesale…
New Delhi: India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI) or wholesale inflation has “bottomholesale inflation bottomed out, may still remain negated out” and will probably gain slight momentum from November onwards, even as it may still remain in negative territory for most of the remaining months of 2025-26, Union Bank of India said in a report. The…
New Delhi: India’s inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined further to 0.25 per cent in October as the impact of the GST rate cut brought down the prices of goods and services during the month, according to figures released by the Ministry of Statistics on Wednesday. The retail inflation eased further,…